Shawn Mendes Shaved His Head For A Very Simple Reason
Mendes attends the 8th Annual “We Can Survive” on Oct. 23, 2021 in Los Angeles. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images After going through a breakup at the end of 2021, Shawn Mendes followed in the footsteps of many single people before him, and underwent what looked like a bit of a drastic haircut earlier this year. […]
How To Make The Most Of A Well-Child Visit With Your Pediatrician
School health forms, vaccinations, growth charts: These are the familiar components of an annual well-child visit with your pediatrician. But your child’s provider has a wealth of expertise in other topics, too. They can help you problem-solve and make decisions regarding nutrition, sleep, education and more. Advertisement New data from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital […]
Med Schools Withdraw from U.S. News List, but Say Hospital Rankings Are Separate
A number of high-performing medical schools that have withdrawn from the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings also have related hospitals that also regularly top the outlet’s “Best Hospitals” list. So, what might the medical school decampment mean for affiliated hospitals going forward? Indeed, several medical schools have said their decisions to not participate […]
Medicare Advantage Plans Take Top Spot in Shkreli Awards
Medicare Advantage plans took the top spot in this year’s Shkreli Awards, the annual list from the Lown Institute that calls attention to some of healthcare’s most greedy and unethical behavior. The plans’ penchant for defrauding or overbilling Medicare by an estimated $25 billion in 2020 alone by saying beneficiaries were much sicker than they […]
Most New Drugs Exceeded $200,000; S.C. Abortion Ban Tossed; Sen. Casey’s Cancer
Note that some links may require subscriptions. The median annual price of novel FDA approved drugs exceeded $200,000 in 2022. (Reuters) As COVID tears through Beijing, hospital beds are becoming scarce, and running out at some hospitals. (AP) The South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s 6-week abortion ban, deeming it unconstitutional. (CNBC) Meanwhile, […]
EPA Favors Stricter Air Quality Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to tighten the national annual limit on particulate matter (PM) pollution, according to its proposed updates to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter. Part of the EPA’s plan is to lower the primary (health-based) annual PM2.5 standard down to 9.0-10.0 µg/m3, compared with the […]
Parkinson’s Incidence 50% Higher Than Previously Thought
The annual incidence of Parkinson’s disease was 50% higher than previous estimates in data from five epidemiological cohorts in the U.S. and Canada. The new incidence rate was nearly 90,000 cases annually for people 65 and older, reported Allison Willis, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and co-authors. This contrasted sharply with the […]
Opinion | The Oft-Forgotten Team Members: Health Unit Coordinators
It was our pleasure to attend the 40th Annual Education Conference of the National Association of Health Unit Coordinators (NAHUC) in mid-August this year. The program was “open to all healthcare support team members and their supervisors, educators, and administrators.” This broad classification includes health unit coordinators; unit and medical secretaries; unit and ward clerks; […]
AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID
During the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates annual meeting, members debated whether natural immunity or previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 was sufficient for the merit of immunity credentials. Gregory Pinto, MD, a delegate from New York, called for policy recommending “that vaccination credentials be provided on the basis of natural immunity or previous SARS-CoV-2 […]